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Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts and reprints of articles, notes, translations and
annotated texts, relating mainly to the publication of his work as professor of Latin, University of
California.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and Latin

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.

This collection, transferred from Archives in March 1966, contains mainly correspondence relating to the
publication and critical acclaim of his works, reviews of his works; annotated texts, translations and
notes, including a few Sanskrit translations, and some articles written by others.

A key to arrangement and partial list of correspondents follows.

Biographical Sketch

William Augustus Merrill, professor of classics at the University of California, was born at Newburyport,
Massachusetts, on September 14, 1860. He studied at Amherst, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in
1880 and his Master's in 1884. He continued his studies at Ohio University where he won his doctorate in
1893 and began his teaching career. He later taught at Miami University and at Indiana University,
coming to the University of California in 1894. He edited
Lucretius and other text books,
and contributed numerous articles to philological journals.

Key to Arrangement

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Outgoing letters, 1913

Incoming letters. Single letters arranged alphabetically in A-Z Miscellany. Two or more
letters, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically within each folder. A
partial list of correspondents is appended at end of report.

Manuscripts and reprints of articles and reviews by Merrill

Reviews of Merrill's works

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Annotated texts, translations and notes. Include:

Aristotle: Annotated text and translation

Cicero's
Aristea: Annotated text and translation

Hyginus: Translation

Lucretius: Notes and text

Manilius: Text and partial translation

10 v. of notes

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Loose notes

Miscellany, including clippings and brochures on remedies; book lists; Merrill's Sanskrit
translations; a few articles written by others